Viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts exposed to chlorine or other oxidising conditions may lack identifying epitopes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1205-1212

  Moore, A G ^a,b   Vesey, G ^c   Champion, A ^c   Scandizzo, P ^a   Deere, D ^c   Veal, D ^c   Williams, K L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cryptosporidium parvum; Flow cytometry; Oocyst; Sodium hypochlite; Sodium meta periodate; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OOCYST; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORINE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PERIODIC ACID; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0031813327     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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